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Last updated on November 20, 2024.

Mary Ashley Townsend

Mary Ashley Townsend was an American poet and writer. She was the first American invited to join the "Liceo Hidalgo", a prestigious Mexican literary club.

American - Poet | September 24, 1832 - June 7, 1901

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How much do I love thee? Go ask the deep sea How many rare gems In its coral caves be; Or ask the broad billows, That ceaselessly roar, How many bright sands Do they kiss on the shore?

Mary Ashley Townsend

Mary Ashley Townsend

I believe if I should die, And you should kiss my eyelids where I lie Cold, dead, and dumb to all the world contains, The folded orbs would open at thy breath, And from its exile in the Isles of Death Life would come gladly back along my veins.

Mary Ashley Townsend

Mary Ashley Townsend

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